Luggage Store Creative Music Series
1007 Market Street SF
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8pm New False Gods
Doug Lynner - Synth, Eli Pontecorvo - Bass, Jack Hertz - Percussion , R Duck - Guitar, Tom Djll - Trumpet
9pm Charles Xavier aka The Xman
midi mallet instrument, Yamaha MX49 synthesizer, acoustic percussive toys plus digital FX units
DownBeat Magazine calls Charles Xavier a “Rara Avis,” which is Latin for “rare bird.”

The New False Gods is a brand-free experience propelled by dynamic group of improvisers who filter experimental, fourth world, and free-jazz concepts through mixing, processing, and synthesis techniques in live performance.

DownBeat Magazine calls Charles Xavier a “Rara Avis,” which is Latin for “rare bird.” The artistic demands of jazz have always been the driving force behind vibraphonist, drummer, and composer Charles Xavier, even though his eclectic music evades generic category. A jazz drummer from the age of sixteen, San-Francisco-Bay-Area-based Xavier was born and raised in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where the East Coast jazz scene shaped and defined his musical tastes.

Xavier studied arranging and composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston. At the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, New York, he studied drumming with Jack DeJohnette, Bobby Moses, Stu Martin, and Jumma Santos, and creative ensemble performance under the guidance of Karl Berger, Dave Holland, Kalaparusha, and John Abercrombie.

Cost: $6-15 sliding

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